Zimbabwe’s white farmers still target of violence
Sep 5, 10:28 AM EDT
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwe farmers organization says its white
members continue to be targeted by violence without protection as political
tensions rise ahead of proposed elections.
Charles Taffs, head of the Commercial Farmers Union representing Zimbabwe’s
300 remaining white farmers said Monday the brutal beating to death of a
prominent farmer 55 miles (90 kilometers) northwest of Harare on Friday
showed that “criminals can act with impunity” against whites still on their
land.
Taffs said the ferocity of Friday’s killing made it more than a “simple
robbery” as police claimed.
It was the latest in a growing series of attacks and threats at white farms.
President Robert Mugabe has called for elections next March to end the
nation’s troubled coalition.
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